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《COURT!》 S1·E10 (26:39) HSK 7
kě shì zhè bèi gào yòu bú jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng

可是这被告又不见兔子不撒鹰

“But the defendant won't budge without proof.”

《COURT!》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 26:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN cái bù gǎn qù yī yuàn kàn bìng de

才不敢去医院看病的

“because he can't afford it.”

kě shì zhè bèi gào yòu bú jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng CURRENT FOCUS

可是 这 被 告又 不见兔子不撒鹰

“But the defendant won't budge without proof.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè jiù shì gè sǐ xún huán

这就是个死循环

“It's a dead loop.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: COMPLAINING ABOUT IMPASSE
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“The defendant refuses to budge unless they see guaranteed proof first.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Calculated Pragmatism

Using colloquial proverbs like 'not releasing the hawk until seeing the hare' colorfully conveys extreme pragmatism and mutual distrust in transactional disputes.

INTENT TAGS: #complaint #criticism #deadlock #distrust
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不见兔子不撒鹰 SPOKEN CHUNK

won't release the hawk until seeing the hare; won't act without guaranteed payoff

A vivid colloquial idiom describing someone extremely cautious, opportunistic, or unwilling to take risks.

死循环 SPOKEN CHUNK

infinite loop; vicious circle

Borrowed from computing, widely used in modern spoken Chinese to describe an unsolvable deadlock.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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